Server management is defined as the act of managing server infrastructure and overseeing its performance by continuous monitoring using various tools or methodologies. Server performance management helps in increasing agility of business-critical applications and aims at optimizing the performance of both physical and virtual servers.

With many of today's applications and services moving to a data center, virtualization and server consolidation are creating new management challenges. OpManager provides IT administrators, a single management console for in-depth visibility and control of both physical and virtual servers across Windows, Linux, Unix, VMware, Hyper-V and Xen server platforms.

OpManager assists in server management by:

• Monitoring physical & virtual servers
• Troubleshooting faults
• Automating repeated management tasks
• Capacity Planning
• SLA Management